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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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LEAD 485 - Leadership Practicum


Credits: (3)
 

Tier I 485 LEAD (1 credit)

LEAD 485 is a non-billable iLEAD Program in conjunction with academic, service, and student life departments. A part of a three-tiered mentorship in which students can achieve 1 (silver), 2 (gold) or 3 (platinum) academic credits respectively for 40, 80, or 120 leadership service hours, its purpose is to provide guided academic leadership training and practicum assistance. If a student completes all components of the program by graduation, he or she will have earned three credits. A student take one credit at a time with the same or different facilitators.

 

Tier I includes topics of leadership philosophy and creating a plan, ethics, mindfulness, Title IX, non-verbal, verbal, and active listening, barriers in communication, written communication, diversity and inclusion, and leadership problem-solving.

 

Tier II 485 LEAD (1 credit)

LEAD 485 is a non-billable iLEAD Program in conjunction with academic, service, and student life departments. A part of a three-tiered mentorship in which students can achieve 1 (silver), 2 (gold) or 3 (platinum) academic credits respectively for 40, 80, or 120 leadership service hours, its purpose is to provide guided academic leadership training and practicum assistance. If a student completes all components of the program by graduation, he or she will have earned three credits. A student take one credit at a time with the same or different facilitators.

 

Tier II curriculum includes “Self-Awareness and Leader Identity Revisited, Embracing Diversity and Inclusion as a Daily Practice, Self-Mastery, The Power of Civility, Conflict, Managing Conflict, Styles and Approaching Conflict, Understanding and Resolving Team Problems.”

 

Tier III 485 LEAD (1 credit)

LEAD 485 is a non-billable iLEAD Program in conjunction with academic, service, and student life departments. A part of a three-tiered mentorship in which students can achieve 1 (silver), 2 (gold) or 3 (platinum) academic credits respectively for 40, 80, or 120 leadership service hours, its purpose is to provide guided academic leadership training and practicum assistance. If a student completes all components of the program by graduation, he or she will have earned three credits. A student take one credit at a time with the same or different facilitators.

 

Tier III, on the topic of organizational leadership, concentrates on how faith-based universities can assist faith-based organizations. Tier III students will be given academic context of civil society in American history, understanding of the human person, social and behavioral theory, the roles of civil society within this context, and religion in various social problems. Six speakers from faith-based organizations will share their mission, challenges, and successes so students can receive a larger view of societal need and how the university can help. The course is coordinated with Dr. Layton Field’s Caritas Program. 



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